The Effects of Delayed Interaction Cues in Virtual Reality Training

Evaluating Interaction Cue Purpose and Timing for Learning and Retaining Virtual Reality Training

“…And, go cues provide navigational assistance (e.g., [14]). Based on their literature review, Hu et al [16] identified four additional purposes for interaction cues: pick, manipulate, gesture, and speak. Pick cues inform the user to select a particular object or element (e.g., [26]).…”

“…In general, most interaction cues are immediately presented [16]. However, there are examples within the literature of delayed interaction cues that are presented later to give the user a chance to act first.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, the only evaluation of the effects of interaction cue timing was recently presented by Hu et al [16]. They conducted a between-subject study investigating the effects of cue timing at three levels: 0 seconds (i.e., immediate), 8 seconds, and 16 seconds.…”

“…They identified three additional aspects of interaction cues to consider: purpose, markedness, and trigger. More recently, Hu et al [16] identified timing as another aspect of interaction cues. The purpose of an interaction cue is the task that the cue guides the user to take action on, such as traveling to a location or manipulating an object.…”

“…Yoshimura et al [42] recently researched different styles of markedness for directing the user's attention with eye-gaze-triggered visual cues, but did not conduct a formal study. Hu et al [16] conducted a between-subject user study to investigate the effects of cue timing at 0, 8, and 16 seconds for a VR training application. However, they did not find any significant differences among the three timing conditions, aside from the result that the immediate 0-second cues enabled users to complete the VR training significantly faster and with fewer errors than the delayed 16-second cues.…”